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Machuca is a 2004 Chilean film written and directed by Andrés Wood. Set in 1973 Santiago during Salvador Allende's socialist government and shortly after General Augusto Pinochet's military coup in 1973, the film tells the story of two friends, one of them the very poor Pedro Machuca who is integrated into the elite school of his friend Gonzalo Infante. The social integration project is headed by the director of the school, Father McEnroe. The film is dedicated to Father Gerardo Whelan, C.S.C. who from 1969 to 1973 was the director of Colegio Saint George (Saint George's College), the private school in Santiago that the film's director attended as a boy. Machuca performed well in theaters in Chile, but did not have notable box office success outside of Latin America.
Original Release
02/24/2004
US Release
02/24/2004
Cast
Name | Character |
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Matías Quer | Gonzalo Infante |
Ariel Mateluna | Pedro Machuca |
Manuela Martelli | Silvana |
Aline Küppenheim | María Luisa Infante / María Luisa |
Ernesto Malbran | Father McEnroe |
Tamara Acosta | Juana |
Francisco Reyes | Patricio Infante |
Alejandro Trejo | Willy |
Maria Olga Matte | Miss Gilda |
Gabriela Medina | Lucy |
Directors
Writers
Andres Wood, Eliseo Altunaga, Roberto Brodsky, Mamoun Hassan
Cast
Name | Character |
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Matías Quer | Gonzalo Infante |
Ariel Mateluna | Pedro Machuca |
Manuela Martelli | Silvana |
Aline Küppenheim | María Luisa Infante / María Luisa |
Ernesto Malbran | Father McEnroe |
Tamara Acosta | Juana |
Francisco Reyes | Patricio Infante |
Alejandro Trejo | Willy |
Maria Olga Matte | Miss Gilda |
Gabriela Medina | Lucy |
Luis Dubo | Ismael Machuca |
Andrea García-Huidobro | Isabel |
Tiago Correa | Pablo |
Pablo Krogh | Colonel Sotomayor |
Federico Luppi | Roberto Ochagavía / Roberto |
Alfredo Ahumada | Mozo / Waiter |
Daniel Alcaino | Sargento Ejército / Army Sergeant |
Jack Arama | Apoderado / Parent |
David Arancibia | David Ahumada |
Cristóbal Aravena | Christián Quiróz |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Juan Carlos Arriagada | Executive Producer |
Patricio Pereira | Executive Producer |
Nathalie Trafford | Executive Producer |
Andres Wood | Producer |
Mamoun Hassan | Producer |
Gerardo Herrero | Producer |